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Australia wins Mackinnon then Jim Corbett (AUS) takes Queen’s with 297.46 (building on his astonishing stage II score of 149.28).





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Congratulations ! Makes up a little for the trouncing at Lords..

Rox, thank you for posting the pictures.

Well done indeed James Corbett

Well done to Jim Corbett indeed, he shot superbly for the duration and justly deserved win.

So a modern rifle was used by the winner this year...

Cheers for the piccies Rox

He must have had one helluva hangover today - I dropped out of following the chair around Bisley at about 4am and they were still going strong!

Dougan wrote:So a modern rifle was used by the winner this year...

Modern rifles have been used most years since 1986, when Geoff Cox was, I believe, the first winner to use a SwIng.

IainWR wrote:

Dougan wrote:So a modern rifle was used by the winner this year...

Modern rifles have been used most years since 1986, when Geoff Cox was, I believe, the first winner to use a SwIng.

I seem to remember the last few winners had quite modest rifles (one was a paramount), with fairly traditional wooden stocks (one with foam taped to it as a cheek-piece) and one winner using an old 2 point sling...

...where as this year the rifle is what I would consider very modern in comparison...and how long is that barrel!?

Would you be allowed a barrel that reached all the way to the target ?

Jim Corbetts barrel is a 35" Border fitted to a Barnard Action in a cast aluminium stock. As long as the all up weight is less than 6.5kgs you can have a barrel as long as you like.